Gaining confidence in the kitchen, one messy pan at a time

Capers….who needs ’em?

I certainly never need enough capers to warrant purchasing a giant jar of them. Though said jar has a wide enough opening that would allow me easy access to retrieve the capers, I’m just not willing to buy one. The 4-ounce jar lasts me forever but maybe that’s because I can never actually use the correct measured amount.

After digging around the jar with a 1/4 teaspoon sized measuring spoon, I just give up after I’ve smashed most of them with the measuring spoon.

This is the process:

1. Open jar.

2. Find tiniest measuring spoon that will allow you to scoop a reasonable amount of capers at once without needing to take 100 “trips” to the jar to measure out the 2 tablespoons of capers that are needed for the recipe.